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| Street View, Sep 2022 |
"Structurally, this bridge is two arch bridges side by side sharing a single deck." [HistoricBridges]
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| HAER NY,3-BRONX,15- Alexander Hamilton Bridge, Spanning Harlem River between Bronx & Manhattan, Bronx, Bronx County, NY Photos from Survey HAER NY-302 [The Washington Bridge is behind the Hamilton Bridge. Manhattan is on the left (west) and Bronx is on the right.] |
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| Metrotrails posted A view to the Alexander Hamilton Bridge and the Washington Bridge over the Harlem River, seen from the High Bridge, New York City. Alexander Hamilton Bridge is an open spandrel steel arch completed in 1963 and carries I-95. The Washington Bridge was completed in 1888. It was widely praised as exemplary work, and has an appearance that was ahead of its time. M'ke Helbing shared Timothy Noles: Alexander Hamilton Bridge (cross Bronx Expwy) designed by Hardesty & Hanover! |
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| BestBridge "The Alexander Hamilton Bridge carries eight lanes of traffic....For 2005, the New York City Department of Transportation, which operates and maintains the bridge, reported average annual daily traffic volume in both directions of 181,566; having reached a peak AADT of 192,848 in 1990. The total length of bridge, including approaches, is 2,375 feet (724 m). The parallel main spans of the steel arch bridge stretch 555 feet (169 m) long over the Harlem River and provide 103 ft (31 m) of vertical clearance at the center and 366 ft (112 m) of horizontal clearance." This text is also in dome, which acknowledges wikipedia. |
A block-wide path was carved across Manhattan to connect the George Washington Bridge with this bridge. They then built some buildings over the expressway.
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| mjengineers |
The bridge was reconstructed between 2012-14 for $400m. [bronx-future]
The shoulders were widened.
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| aisc |
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| aisc, this webpage has a lot more construction photos of the 2012-14 rehabilitation |
The lead joint-venture partner was a China company.
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| ChinaConstruction "The project was the largest contract from the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) at the time of award." The contract was $419m. [I presume that means the steel was made in China. At least some of the steel was evidently fabricated in America. [CanamBridges] Washington Bridge is in the background and High Bridge is in the foreground.] |
The eastbound ramp from I-95 to the Washington Bridge was built with steel box girders.
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| iiwnyc, this webpage has many more ramp construction photos |
According to street view, this ramp project proceeded the $419m project because it was done between 2009 and 2011.
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| Street View, Jul 2011 |
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| Street View, Sep 2009 |
MichaelMinn took many photos of the bridge in 2005, and he has several views of the old ramp.
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| MichealMinn, one of many photos of the bridge and its surroundings |
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